Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement (Jossey Bass Public Administration Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0787901415 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This expanded edition includes many examples to illustrate both successful and unsuccessful planning efforts, while new chapters address planning implementation, strategy evaluation and reassessment, and key leadership roles vital to effective strategic planning. Shows leaders and managers of public and nonprofit organizations both how and why they should use strategic planning to improve the performance of their organizations. In addition, the author presents a planning process used successfully by many public and nonprofit organizations--the Strategy Change Cycle--along with detailed guidance on its application.
Jeff Lippincott said A college textbook that has crossed over into the nonprofit world as a treatise for "non-students" on strategic planning.. I certainly liked this book a lot, but I didn't love it. Ergo, it gets a A college textbook that has crossed over into the nonprofit world as a treatise for "non-students" on strategic planning. Jeff Lippincott I certainly liked this book a lot, but I didn't love it. Ergo, it gets a 4 star rating. If you want a detailed account regarding strategic planning, then read this book. It is well documented and clearly organized. Unfortunately it is boring!The author is a college professor whose . star rating. If you want a detailed account regarding strategic planning, then read this book. It is well documented and clearly organized. Unfortunately it is boring!The author is a college professor whose . "A Real Bore" according to Barbarianz. I pity those in strategic planning if this textbook is the best around. I found it to be the most boring text I had ever read. It was hard to get more than two pages read before snoozing. I finally gave up and started reading the summaries, and then going back over the details if I. Good Book but a bit dry Elijah Chingosho This is a dry but business-like book that presents all the essentials of strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations. The book is well organized with concepts well explained. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the practical planning techniques and processes f
It will open the door for many people to a new and more productive way of preparing for the future than rlying on conventional planning and management techniques." -Judith Innes, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, and director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley "Strategic planning for Public and Non-Profit Organizations is already a classic, and the new revised edition reconfirms John Bryson's place as the international leader in the field." -Paul C. His emphasis on the link between strategic planning and leadership is right on the mark." -David R. Riemer, Chief of Staff to the Mayor, Milwukee, Wisconsin . "In the revised edition of Strategic Planning for Public and Non-Profit organizations, John Bryson has taken a first-rate organizational resource to a higher level. The new material in change, implementation, and leadership complements his detailed and practical disc